SYKPPRA10B Foundations of Nursing 2 Course description

In this course, students will further develop their knowledge of people’s fundamental needs and resources. Reactions, experiences and signs of health deficits are key aspects of the course. Students must develop skills in observing and assess patients’ fundamental needs and resources in clinical practice. Students will also gain experience of communicating with patients and their next-of-kin. You will complete 7 weeks of practical training in this course.

The final assessment consists of an individual oral exam. Scope: approx. 25 minutes. The individual oral exam will comprise a 10-minute individual lecture followed by 15 minutes of examination.

Resit/rescheduled exams

Resits/rescheduled exams are organised in the same way as ordinary exams.

The students’ rights and obligations in connection with resit and rescheduled exams are set out in the Regulations Relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet. It is the students’ responsibility to register for the exams.

Admission to the programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• explain normal ageing processes
• describe how people's needs change with age and in connection with health deficits
• describe people's reactions in the event of crises and loss
• describe how to address fundamental needs and dignity in patients with extensive needs
• is familiar with patient records and how to keep records as a nurse
• is familiar with the role of nurses and other relevant professions in the field of practice

Skills

The student

• can assess deficit in patients’ own care resources and observe, assess and implement appropriate measures to relieve complaints and compensate for personal care deficits
• can implement and justify person-centred nursing to take care of the fundamental physiological and psychosocial needs and resources
• can apply and justify hygiene principles
• can document, under supervision, nursing in the unit’s documentation system
• can communicate with patients and next-of-kin about their experiences
• can reflect on ethical difficulty situations by applying the SME model (systematic model for ethical reflection)
• can describe symptoms and signs that death is imminent and reflecting on death as a phenomenon

General competence

The student

• can integrate knowledge from relevant subjects when discussing the nursing discipline, based on the steps in evidence-based practice (EBP)
• can relate to patients, next-of-kin and colleagues in accordance with professional and ethical principles for nurses
• can understand what it means to be in need of help and dependent on others
• can reflect on power and dependency in the relationship between nurse and patient
• can reflect on his/her own communication and behaviour when dealing with patients, staff and fellow students
• can demonstrate accuracy and reliability in the performance of work related to practice
• can take initiative and show responsibility in planning and carrying out own practice in meetings with patients, next-of-kin and colleagues

Practical training: in the municipal health service (seven weeks), primarily nursing homes supervised by a practical training supervisor and contact teacher, as well as simulation and skills training. Lectures and seminars with a contact teacher where current topics are explained based on the learning outcomes.

Part 1 Assessment of practical training

Practical training has requirements for attendance 90 %. The student fills in a, self-presentation for the start of the practice and self-assessment for the mid- and final assessment. Other compulsory activities included in the assessment of practical training are:

• Individual assignment, scope of 1,500 words (+/- 10%).

Part 2 Individual test - practical skills in nursing (modified OSCE test):

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take part 2 of exam:

• Participation om SF-unit, 90 % attendance of timetabled activity marked compulsory.
• Inspirational practical training, one-week, compulsory attendance of 90 % of practical training. Focusing on the nurse’s role and responsibilities. Supervised preferably by third year students. (take place in the autumn semester).

Combined assessment.

Part 1 Assessment of practical training.

The assessment takes its point of departure in given criteria based on learning outcomes for the course, criteria for failing the practical training, criteria for suitability assessment and compulsory activities carried throughout the practical training. Students’ practical training can only be assessed if their attendance is sufficiently high (90%). For more information, see the general part of the programme description about the assessment of practical training.

If the student has failed the practical training, the whole practical training course must be retaken. This includes associated requirements.

Part 2 Supervised individual written exam.

Practical test (modified OSCE test, objective structured clinical examination) which includes an MC test (multiple choice), related to basic skills in nursing and the learning outcomes in the course. Carried out station based.

Part 1 and part 2 can be taken independently of each other. The student must have obtained a pass grade on both parts in order to pass the course as a whole and earn the credits. Part 1 and part 2 appear on the diploma.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has in-depth knowledge of children’s linguistic development and mathematical concept formation and exploration among all children in ECEC centres
• has nuanced knowledge about children’s encounters with writing, literary genres, storytelling and modern text and media cultures
• has nuanced and in-depth knowledge about various forms of documentation of children’s play, learning and development
• has in-depth knowledge about the use of documentation to highlight ECEC centres’ educational work
• has increased knowledge of supervision methods
• has in-depth knowledge of what affects inclusion processes in ECEC centres’ play and learning environment

Skills

The student

• can use, document and reflect critically on the form and content of educational situations in ECEC centres
• can have meaningful interactions with children about shape and space, e.g. through the use of books, drawings and/or maps
• can use their knowledge about children’s linguistic development to involve external partners
• can lead and supervise ECEC centre staff and parents in work on language, text and mathematics
• can use documentation relating to children’s play and reflect critically on this use
• masters group supervision, focusing on one-on-one supervision

General competence

The student

• can facilitate and use different forms of documentation in educational work on children’s linguistic, literary and mathematical development
• is familiar with how to communicate and discuss relevant issues in a professional context, both orally and in writing
• can contribute to good conversations and aesthetic experiences for all children
• can make ethical assessments relating to documentation of children and children’s play

Teaching is research-based, profession-oriented and practice-based. The course uses various work methods (including lectures, seminars, self-study, written and oral work, peer feedback, individual work and group work) and different learning arenas (university and ECEC centres) to link research and theory to the field of practice and to activate the student. Teaching will be based on dialogue, particularly through seminars, sharing of experience, group work and academic discussions.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Individual written assignment: Op-ed article. Scope: around 1,000 words. Each student must also provide peer feedback to two other students in writing. Scope of each peer feedback: around 200-350 words.
• Coursework requirements relating to a children’s culture festival, consisting of the following elements:

1. Practical work in groups carried out in kindergarten. The practical work must be documented through a multimodal text aimed at parents. Scope: maximum three pages/ five minutes.
2. Written reports in groups after the children`s culture festival. Scope: around 1,000 words.
3. Presentations in groups of the work related to the children`s culture festival.Scope: around 15 minutes.

More detailed information about coursework requirements is available in the programme description for the full-time Bachelor’s Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care (180 credits).

Academic activities with compulsory participation

The students must have participated in the following academic activities before they can take the exam:

• Seminar on language mapping in the kindergarten
• Seminar on various guidance topics
• Interdisciplinary seminar in Norwegian and mathematics
• Seminar on mathematical patterns

An 80% attendance requirement applies to the teaching

The attendance requirement for all teaching activities is 80%.

More detailed information about the teaching and participation requirements is available in the programme description for the full-time Bachelor’s Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care (180 credits).

Suitability assessment

See the programme description for the full-time Bachelor’s Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care (180 credits) for further information.

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